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by Joby Taylor UMBC's new Peace Corps Prep program is now open for applications! In the BreakingGround spirit of infusing our campus with a culture of engagement, service, and social change...
February 4, 2015
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by David Hoffman Twice each year, the Warnock Foundation recognizes Baltimore social innovators with small grants to support their projects and profiles in the Baltimore Social Innovation...
January 9, 2015
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by Theophilus Aluko and Andrew Brow Earlier this semester we worked together to create a wheelchair basketball tournament at UMBC, as a first step toward a more inclusive campus culture and...
December 11, 2014
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by David Hoffman Imagining America is a national consortium helping to reshape higher education's contributions to democracy by enabling scholars and artists to "thrive and contribute to...
December 2, 2014
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by Jessica McNeely and Allyssa Allen In the years leading up to our decision to start Project Insight, we worked on a number of research projects investigating the influence of neighborhood...
November 11, 2014
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by David Hoffman BreakingGround, UMBC's campus-wide civic engagement initiative, has a new Facebook page. Give it a like to see stories and opportunities to get involved.
November 5, 2014
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by Mark Zachar We all have a sense of what a perfect society might include: peace, fair distribution of wealth, access to health care and food, equal rights for all, etc. And we all know that...
November 3, 2014
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12:58 PM
Center for Engaged Democracy will offer $5000 awards
The 2014-15 Ernest A. Lynton Request for Proposals: Research on Critical Issues in Advancing Community Engaged Scholarship The 2014 Lynton Colloquium on the Scholarship of Engagement: The...
November 2, 2014
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by Kelsey Donnellan The leading cause of death in the US is diet-related disease. This is preventable. We are all surrounded by the statistics and stories of misery. I, for one, feel...
October 27, 2014
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by Elaine MacDougall On Friday, September 19th, three UMBC students and I experienced our first day of tutoring through a partnership with Reading Partners and Friendship Academy at Cherry...
October 1, 2014
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